I've been thinking lately that we don't seem to have improved much over our last President...so I got to thinking about how Obama is different than Bush and just couldn't come up with much.
After all:
Obama is withdrawing troops from Iraq on the exact same time schedule put in place by Bush...
Obama is fighting the war in Afghanistan in all the wrong ways (this is different only in that they fought it differently, but neither of them fought it right) while Bush fought the war in Afghanistan in all the wrong ways...
Bush spent lots of money unnecessarily and bailed out corporations while Obama spends tons more money unnecessarily and bailed out corporations...
Bush had an unprecedented expansion of government with the Dept. of Homeland Security while Obama has had an unprecedented expansion of government with the health care bill...
Bush messed around with health care by creating the Medicare drug benefit that doesn't do anything and Obama is messing around with health care by passing a massive health care bill that doesn't do anything good (yes, this is opinion)...
Bush was slow to respond in New Orleans and didn't use his bully pulpit to great effect during the crisis thus hurting the people of Lousiana while Obama waffled regarding the oil spill crisis and didn't do anything, especially not using the bully pulpit, thus hurting the people of Louisiana...
Bush kept interest rates artificially low thus causing the housing bubble and Obama has kept interest rates artificially low in conjunction with unprecedented levels of printing money thus risking a money bubble...
Bush exerted executive privilege to keep things secret and Obama holds closed door meetings that nobody talks about to keep things secret...
Bush passed tax cuts to stimulate the economy and Obama agreed to extend those same tax cuts to prevent slowing the economic recovery...
Bush couldn't speak very well and tended to say stupid things while Obama doesn't speak very well off script, tending to say stupid things.
REALLY?! What are the differences between these two Presidents? I came up with a few.
The differences:
Bush gave bad speeches that said nothing and that nobody listened to while Obama gives great speeches that speak volumes if people bothered to listen to them...
Bush acted decisively for good or ill in regards to international crises while Obama pussy foots around and waits to "see what develops" before acting on international crises
Bush won praises from the every man because it came off sounding just like them while Obama won a nobel prize because he came off sounding just like the elites
Bush cultivated our relationship with Britain while Obama scoffs at our relationship with Britain
Bush, for good or ill, spoke strongly on the international stage while Obama, for good or ill, apologizes for the U.S. all over the international stage.
That's about it. Feel free to make more of these comparisons for either same or different in the comments section.
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